Ichung'wah threatens Raila with ICC action

Majority leader in the National Assembly Kimani Ichung'wah wants Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga to be cautious of his next political moves.

The Kikuyu Member of Parliament (MP) threatened Odinga with International Criminal Court (ICC) action, should he call for mass action again for unmet demands against President William Ruto's administration.

He said if Odinga does not 'control his appetite' for mass action which lead to deaths and destruction of property, the government side of the political divide will have no otherwise, but invite ICC to monitor opposition activities in the country.

"We want to tell Raila, we have no problem with you demonstrating...but demonstrate peacefully. And that's why we are telling Raila Odinga, your system of looting, your system of anarchy, your system of using bloodshed to blackmail the country will come to an end and not next year, not after the next elections. This year, that system must come to an end,” warned the vocal legislature.

"Blackmail us, and we will tell you this is blackmail. If you want to create anarchy we will call it anarchy. And that is why I have said we will propose an agenda to our PG meeting next week that we write to the ICC to take measures to ensure that Raila Odinga and his sponsors do not slide our country back to anarchy.”

His tough talk came a day after Odinga and his Azimio brigade seemingly changed their goal post from the Sunday statement which declared end of the two weeks bi-weekly Azimio demos.

Odinga called off the protests shortly after President Ruto suggested a bipartisan Parliamantary approach to resolution of some of the issues raised by the opposition, including recruitment of new IEBC officials and lowering the cost of living.

But Odinga in a departure from Ruto's suggestion on Tuesday they want a wholesome approach to the issues akin to the 2008 national accord, claiming that Parliament may not be able to address all their concerns.

The majority leader wants Odinga to prepare his troops in Parliament for the bipartisan approach to start taking effect.

"Bring the list of your people, we are ready for talks, and let's focus on the interests of all Kenyans not issues about positions of power."

Raila Odinga on Tuesday warned that he will call for another round of mass action as soon as next week, if dialogue is not conducted in a meaningful manner.